Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Syrian forces hit Hama again (Reuters)

Syrian forces hit Hama again (Reuters)

Syrian forces hit Hama again (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Syrian security forces pressed on with a deadly crackdown on dissent as the Security Council held more talks on Syria and the UN chief said President Bashar al-Assad has Reuters - Syrian forces kept up attacks on Hama for a third day, residents said, while senators called on the Obama administration to impose tough new sanctions on Syria's energy sector.

Egypt puts Mubarak on trial, transfixing Arab world (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak, on trial for conspiring to kill protesters, was wheeled into a courtroom cage in a hospital bed on Wednesday -- an image that sends a chilling message to other Arab autocrats facing popular uprisings.

Colombia arrests leaders of submarine cocaine ring (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Members of the Colombian Navy stand guard on top of a seized submarine built by drug smugglers in a makeshift shipyard in Timbiqui, department of Cauca February 14, 2011. REUTERS/Jaime SaldarriagaReuters - Colombian authorities have captured two leaders of a 20-ton-per-year cocaine operation that sent drug-laden submarines to the world's top drug consumer, the United States, local police said Tuesday.

Analysis: Honeymoon over, Yingluck treads political tightrope (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:17 AM PDT

Thailand's first female prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra (picutred, C), will this week join a long list of Asian women leaders -- including ex-leader of the Pakistani People's Party Benazir Bhutto (L) and Philippine president Corazon Aquino (R) -- whose power stems from family ties.(AFP/File/Douglas Curran)Reuters - Running a real estate business in the middle of a building boom is one thing. Running a country that's embroiled in a bloody political crisis may be a little more challenging, as Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra is about to discover.

Immigrant Horror: 25 Found Dead on Boat Bound for Italy (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Survivors say the boat, which left from Libya and was stranded off the Italian island of Lampedusa, had absolutely no room on deck. Bodies of victims were found in the hold below and showed signs of struggle

More Kurdish politicians face separatism charges (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:30 AM PDT

A handout picture released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office shows Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki (R) meeting with US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, in Baghdad on August 1.(AFP/IPMO/HO)AP - Turkey on Wednesday said it would put 106 more Kurdish politicians on trial for alleged terrorist propaganda, choosing to go ahead with prosecutions despite lingering tensions over the trial of dozens of others accused of fanning separatist violence.

Egypt's Mubarak in hospital bed at historic trial (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:12 AM PDT

An Egyptian anti-Mubarak protester flashes a noose during a protest outside the police academy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Ousted President Hosni Mubarak, together with his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers, face trial, on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - An ailing, 83-year-old Hosni Mubarak lay on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom Wednesday as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.

Haiti lawmakers reject leader's 2nd pick for PM (AP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:07 PM PDT

AP - Haitian lawmakers rejected President Michel Martelly's second pick for prime minister Tuesday, delivering a major blow to the new leader as he struggles to get a government in place almost three months after taking office.

Malawi leader once heralded abroad now condemned (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika arrives at the UN Conference Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Re-elected just two years ago with a decisive parliamentary majority, wa Mutharika now faces international condemnation for the violent crackdown by his security forces on demonstrators in July, that leaft at least 19 dead.(AP Photo/Jon Black, File)AP - Malawians overwhelmingly re-elected their president two years ago. Now Bingu wa Mutharika's security forces are blamed for killing at least 19 anti-government demonstrators, and the increasingly combative leader is facing international condemnation.

Official: Red Cross offers relief aid for NKorea (AP)

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:09 AM PDT

AP - A South Korean official says the Red Cross has offered flood-hit North Korea millions of dollars in humanitarian relief aid.

Canada opposition boss was part of separatist group (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's main opposition New Democratic Party, already hobbled by the sickness of leader Jack Layton, hit more problems on Tuesday when it emerged his interim successor had belonged to a Quebec separatist party.

Ex-Gitmo Australian's book assets frozen (AFP)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:24 PM PDT

An Australian court has frozen all assets derived from the sales of ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks' (pictured) memoirs ahead of a hearing on whether they were proceeds of crime.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - An Australian court on Wednesday froze all assets derived from the sales of ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks' memoirs ahead of a hearing on whether they were proceeds of crime.

How Turkey's military upheaval will affect NATO (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:13 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Turkey’s top four military officers last week has been heralded as marking the end of a near decade-long power struggle between the government and armed forces.

Spain: Is There a Strategy Behind the Early Elections? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Time.com - When Prime Minister JosÉ Luis RodrÍguez Zapatero announced that Spain's next elections would be held in November instead of next year, he said it was for the good of the country. But is the move also the better for his party?

Why Kashmir is so quiet - for now (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:05 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - After security forces killed 117 civilians in Kashmir last summer, B.N. Ramesh took over as a top police officer here and saw a mess that his MBA degree could help him fix.

Economic development leaving millions behind (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:13 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (IPS) - The Society for International Development (SID)'s triennial World Congress, which concluded Sunday in Washington, drew over 1,000 attendees this year, 40 percent hailing from the global south, making it arguably one of the most influential and far-reaching forums for development experts and organisations in the world today.
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